"I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on my feet."

“No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.”

“America was born modern; it did not have to achieve modernity, nor did it have modernity thrust upon it.”

Source : "Anthropology and Politics". Book by Ernest Gellner, 1995.

“I had just arrived in New York from California. I was nineteen years old and excited beyond belief. I was an art student and an acting student and behaved as most young actors did - meaning that there was no such thing as a good actor, 'cause you yourself hadn't shown up yet.”

“I do have one very brutal writing ritual. If I'm working in the morning, I don't allow myself a cup of tea until I've written two paragraphs. It's harsh.”

“No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny.”

“Yoga has allowed me to bring my complete spirit together, which allows me to do less, which is more.”

Source : "Exclusive: Giancarlo Esposito Talks Current Projects, More; Directing Series On Slave Abolitionist John Brown". Interview with Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. October 9, 2012.

“Remember, Montag, we're the happiness boys. We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought.”

“I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.”

Source : Quote magazine, August 14, 1966.